LEADER 00000cam 2200433 i 4500 001 on1135928868 003 OCoLC 005 20210309154323.0 008 200107s2020 maua b 001 0 eng 010 2019057055 020 9780262044295|qhardcover 020 0262044293|qhardcover 035 (OCoLC)1135928868 040 PSt/DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCF|dYDX|dBDX|dYDX|dOCLCO|dMCP 042 pcc 043 n-us-ca 049 MCPL 050 00 QB461|b.S3152 2020 082 00 522/.1979498|223 100 1 Schweizer, Linda Younker,|eauthor. 245 10 Cosmic odyssey :|bhow intrepid astronomers at Palomar Observatory changed our view of the universe /|cLinda Schweizer. 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bThe MIT Press,|c[2020] 300 xiv, 304 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The promise -- Plumbing the depths of the universe -- Unraveling the mysteries of stellar evolution -- Milky Way archaeology -- Galactic violence : collisions and mergers -- Quasars : wolves in sheep's clothing -- Piercing the galactic "smog" -- Starbursts, superwinds, and supermassive black holes -- Probing the gaseous universe - - From ghosts to galaxies : the emergence of structure -- Solar system shuffle -- Astronomical exotica : new frontiers. 520 "Stories of 20th century astronomers working at the frontiers of astrophysics whose discoveries on the Palomar telescopes shattered and expanded our view of the universe"--|cProvided by publisher. 610 20 Palomar Observatory|xHistory. 610 27 Palomar Observatory.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00567379 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Astrophysics|xResearch|zCalifornia|xHistory|y20th century. 650 7 Astrophysics|xResearch.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00819813 651 7 California.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204928 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 994 C0|bMCP
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